Ken Fortenberry wrote in
:

I need to replace the flyline I use on my little
Hamilton 'boo, the Zimboo ;-). I've been using a
Wulff Triangle Taper on it and I've decided I don't
really like the triangle taper anymore so now that
it's worn it's time to replace it and good riddance.

My first instinct is to go with a double taper
Cortland 444 Peach but I was wondering if anybody
out there in roff land would like to weigh in on
the Cortland 444 Sylk.

I Googled up the past discussions and Walt called
it "sweet", some beer snob used it with a furled
leader and JR said Sylk sic God help us. ;-)


Ken--

The local Cortland rep (and we're down the street from the factory) just
demoed this at a TU meeting here earlier this week. It was meant to be a
short run product of a coupla hundred for people who wanted something to
use on bamboo, but plenty of people are matching it up to soft rods and
its selling big, which was a surprise to Cortland

It's very soft, and has an attractive dappled look. I haven't cast it
yet, but I'm thinking about trying it out on my 7'9" Orvis Far and Fine
5wt. I might not be recalling correctly, but I think he said it runs --
slightly-- on the heavy side in terms of weight. It didn't feel much
like any other flyline I've handled in terms of how soft it was. It
might be a little too soft in warm water. I believe he claimed it
floated well.

If you like a tip that never sinks, you might try the 555 duratip, but
that matches up better with a faster rod.

Scott